It's something we all take for granted as we go about our daily life where we live, and having stumbled upon this interesting article about how early settlers used to navigate rivers and knew they were in the right direction & near home when they saw the dark foliage under the stars of a Norfolk Pine tree which they used as a beacon it got me thinking.
Which trees, including Norfolk Pines, in one's location were purpose planted to help navigate one's way around before we had lighthouses, street & other lights that we can and may like to incorporate as landmarks to identify how to get to our homes, or other places.?
This story about the Norfolk Tree that "Stood in Beautiful Garden" once belonged to Eduoard Eugene Cafler & his wife Madame Uranie Deore Cafler of France who were early French/ European settlers here in New Zealand.
He served in the Battle if Waterloo
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NA19441103.2.19